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## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** 

## **From  April 2020 Period start date   To            March 2021 Period end date** 

**Charity name: St Matthew’s Playgroup** 

## **Charity registration number: 1054908** 

## **Objectives and Activities** 

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|Summary of the purposes of<br>the charity as set out in its<br>governing document|Para 1.17|**Our staff provide a safe and secure**<br>**setting for children age 2-4 to learn and**<br>**play through providing a variety of age**<br>**suitable activities. This provision is**<br>**accessible to children with a variety of**<br>**needs and abilities and supported by**<br>**staff that are qualified as set out by**<br>**government guidelines**|
|Summary of the main<br>activities in relation to those<br>purposes for the public<br>benefit, in particular, the<br>activities, projects or<br>services identified in the<br>accounts.|Para 1.17 and<br>1.19|**We provide learning and development**<br>**through a varied range of physical,**<br>**creative and communicative activities.**<br>**We encourage healthy eating through**<br>**our snacks and identify where some**<br>**children need additional support and**<br>**where this support is best needed.**|
|Statement confirming<br>whether the trustees have<br>had regard to the guidance<br>issued by the Charity<br>Commission on public<br>benefit|Para 1.18|**All trustees have regard to the charity**<br>**commissions guidance.**|



## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

SORP reference **No policy is currently in place** Para 1.38 Policy on grant making **N/A** Para 1.38 Policy on social investment including program related investment **None** Para 1.38 Contribution made by volunteers 



Other 

## **Achievements and Performance** 

||SORP reference||
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|Summary of the main<br>achievements of the charity,<br>identifying the difference the<br>charity’s work has made to<br>the circumstances of its<br>beneficiaries and any wider<br>benefits to society as a<br>whole.|Para 1.20|**We continue to be popular within our**<br>**community as a safe and secure setting**<br>**for our children to learn and progress.**|



## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

Achievements against Para 1.41 objectives set **N/A** Performance of fundraising activities against objectives Para 1.41 set **N/A** Investment performance Para 1.41 against objectives Other 



## **Financial Review** 

|**Financial Review**|||
|---|---|---|
|Review of the charity’s<br>financial position at the end<br>of the period|Para 1.21|**We are pleased that we have sufficient**<br>**cash to take us through in to the next**<br>**financial year**|
|Statement explaining the<br>policy for holding reserves<br>stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**No policy**|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22||
|Reasons for holding zero<br>reserves|Para 1.22||
|Details of fund materially in<br>deficit|Para 1.24|**N/A**|
|Explanation of any<br>uncertainties about the<br>charity continuing as a going<br>concern|Para 1.23|**N/A**|



**Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: **Government funding** The charity’s principal sources of funds (including Para 1.47 any fundraising) **N/A** Investment policy and objectives including any Para 1.46 social investment policy adopted **Future lower intake of children will impact the finances. Future restrictions** A description of the principal Para 1.46 **referring to Covid** risks facing the charity Other 



## **Structure, Governance and Management** 

|Description of charity’s<br>trusts:|||
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|Type of governing document<br>(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25||
|How is the charity<br>constituted?<br>(e.g unincorporated<br>association, CIO)|Para 1.25||
|Trustee selection methods<br>including details of any<br>constitutional provisions e.g.<br>election to post or name of<br>any person or body entitled<br>to appoint one or more<br>trustees|Para 1.25|**Trustees are all volunteers who are**<br>**elected to join during annual AGM**<br>**meetings**|



**Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

**Local training is offered to all trustees** Policies and procedures adopted for the induction Para 1.51 and training of trustees **N/A** The charity’s organisational structure and any wider Para 1.51 network with which the charity works **N/A** Relationship with any Para 1.51 related parties Other 

## **Reference and Administrative details** 

|Charity name|St Matthew’s playgroup|
|---|---|
|Other name the charity uses||
|Registered charity number|1054908|
|Charity’s principal address|St Matthew’s church Hall, Church Road, Stroud, Glos. GL5<br>4JE|
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## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** 

|1<br>2<br>3<br>4<br>5<br>6<br>7<br>8<br>9<br>10<br>11<br>12<br>13<br>14<br>15<br>16<br>17<br>18<br>19<br>20|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**<br>**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**<br>**to appoint trustee(if any)**|
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||Paula King|Chairperson|||
||NancyLee|Secretary|||
||Isabel Baker|Treasurer|||
||Claire Wilkinson||||
||KellyLusty||||
||Anna Rogers||||
||Victoria Davis||||
||Lisa Cowley||||
||Fiona Woodward||||
||RosemaryClarke||||
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## – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved 

**Director name N/A** 

Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity 

**Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year** 



## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** 

|Description of the assets<br>held in this capacity|N/A|
|---|---|
|Name and objects of the<br>charity on whose behalf the<br>assets are held and how this<br>falls within the custodian<br>charity’s objects|N/A|
|Details of arrangements for<br>safe custody and<br>segregation of such assets<br>from the charity’s own<br>assets||



## **Additional information (optional)** 

## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** 

|**Additional information (optional)**<br>**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Additional information (optional)**<br>**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Additional information (optional)**<br>**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|
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|**Type of**<br>**adviser**<br>**Name**<br>**Address**|||
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|**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**|||
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## **Exemptions from disclosure** 

Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details 

## **Other optional information** 



## **Declarations** 

**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** 

**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** 

|**Signature(s)**<br>**Full name(s)**<br>**Position (eg Secretary,**<br>**Chair, etc)**<br>**Date**|P.A King||
|---|---|---|
||Paula Ann King||
||<br>Chairperson||
||20/01/2022||
||20/01/2022||





## **End of year accounts April 2020 - March 2021** 

|St Matthew's playgroup|St Matthew's playgroup|St Matthew's playgroup|April 2020 -|March 2021||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Financial report||Opening|Balance - £22,977.70||22977.7|
|Income|Funding||47,514.00|||
||Fee's||1134|||
||Computer|vouchers|81|||
|||**Total**||**48,729.00**||
|Expenditure||||||
||Wages||52,838.88|||
||HMRC||2,929.64|||
||Rent||3,425|||
||Subscriptions||368.4|||
||ICO||40|||
||Resources||109.08|||
||Training||255|||
||Membership||315|||
||Accounts||40|||
|||**Total**|60,321.00|**60,321.00**||
|**Net Profit**||**Total**|-11,592.00|||
|||**Closing Balance- 11,385.70**|||11,385.70|





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accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011
(Yhe Act").
I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out
under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I
have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission
under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
Independent trhe charity's gross income exceeded £250,000 and l am qualified to
examiner's statement undertake the examination by being a qualified member of [insert name of
applicable listed bodyll. Delete [ ] if not applicable.
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come to my attention in connection with the examination (other than that
disdosed below ") which gives me cause to believe that in, any material
respect:
the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130
of the Charities Act; or
the accounts did not accord with the accounting records; or
the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements
conceming the fomi and content of accounts set out in the Charities
(Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement
that the accounts give a 'true and fairf view which is not a matter
considered as part of an independent examination.
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with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in
order to enable a proper understsnding of the accounts to be reached.
. Please delete the words in the brackets rf they do not apply.
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examiner wishes to
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Oct 2018